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bucolic_frolic

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8. Post Civil War, the GOP held power a long time

Reply to Moostache (Reply #6)

Fri Jul 18, 2025, 12:45 PM

Jul 18

And even then, states were often held by GOP majorities, cities as "one-party" towns. Reforms in the Progressive Era rooted out the nepotism with city-manager type governance, about the same time as TR's Trustbusters.

Grover Cleveland and Woodrow Wilson were the only Democratic presidents from 1860 to 1932.

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The Court's Liberals Are Trying to Tell Americans Something - The Atlantic [View all] In It to Win It Jul 18 OP

It's a politicized majority that also neuters precedent and law to be political. bucolic_frolic Jul 18 #1

What they're doing is preparing their ruling to be overturned, since faulty legal reasoning is grounds for Baitball Blogger Jul 18 #2

They were chosen and approved for that difference. Passages Jul 18 #3

I see it as being even worse: MLWR Jul 18 #4

I don't want to read that progressoid Jul 18 #5

6-3 super majority for the foreseeable future UNLESS Democrats campaign on and implement changes. Moostache Jul 18 #6

Post Civil War, the GOP held power a long time bucolic_frolic Jul 18 #8

Taking back the House is quite do-able in '26 Wednesdays Jul 18 #11

If this is true, if it is a lost cause...then start planning for the partition now. Moostache Jul 21 #12

"In other words, the dissents are screaming that the old game of law is no more." OldBaldy1701E Jul 18 #7

Thanks for posting this. annielion Jul 18 #9

"The Court, and not just a lawless administration, is the problem here." MayReasonRule Jul 18 #10